I try to keep it simple up here at the cottage, but a particularly slow internet access is making that a challenge. I can retrieve and send email, but this year surfing the web and posting on my blog is hit or miss, with miss winning out most of the time. I’m delighted to realize that I’m not anxious or impatient about this, which could easily be the case. Ah, maybe this practice of silence, solitude and simplicity is paying off. If it weren’t for my commitment to you, my blog readers, I would probably rejoice in some internet-free days. But, since you are out there, I’m going to head to the local library and send this off. P. S. Internet opened up. I don’t have to get into the car. Very grateful.